calibre epbub viewer & pdf viewer(s)

rjwse@aol.com · 07-25-2025, 10:56 AM

Here's a tip in case anyone might have need of this. The calibre main screen lets you open the epub editor with T, the epub viewer with V, but calibre does not have a built in pdf viewer. I have assigned ctrl-e to open pdf viewer evince and ctrl-o to open pdf viewer okular. There is no special reasons to have two different pdf readers but I occasionally try to detect if there are any differences. One thing I noticed is that if you use calibre's main screen to Polish book and add Soft hyphens those soft hyphens will make it hard to search a pdf.

theducks · 07-25-2025, 12:47 PM

Preferences: Behavior: The right side selects which formats use Calibre viewer.
If there is no tick, The handling drops to the OS (default for that format)
So in fact you only need 1 Shortcut key.
For all else, there is the Open With PLUGIN (by Kiwidude

): Add as many custom viewer choices as you wish

BetterRed · 07-25-2025, 07:38 PM

I use calibre's built-in Open With, which means I can have as many viewers/players as I want for every format I have.

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07-25-2025, 10:56 AM	#1
rjwse@aol.com Addict Posts: 324 Karma: 2228060 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: LaVernia, Texas Device: kindle epub readers on android	calibre epbub viewer & pdf viewer(s) Here's a tip in case anyone might have need of this. The calibre main screen lets you open the epub editor with T, the epub viewer with V, but calibre does not have a built in pdf viewer. I have assigned ctrl-e to open pdf viewer evince and ctrl-o to open pdf viewer okular. There is no special reasons to have two different pdf readers but I occasionally try to detect if there are any differences. One thing I noticed is that if you use calibre's main screen to Polish book and add Soft hyphens those soft hyphens will make it hard to search a pdf. Attached Thumbnails

07-25-2025, 07:38 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,740 Karma: 30237526 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I use calibre's built-in Open With, which means I can have as many viewers/players as I want for every format I have. BR

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07-25-2025, 12:47 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,076 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Preferences: Behavior: The right side selects which formats use Calibre viewer. If there is no tick, The handling drops to the OS (default for that format) So in fact you only need 1 Shortcut key. For all else, there is the Open With PLUGIN (by Kiwidude ): Add as many custom viewer choices as you wish